Rita Jones The Welsh Language

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Description

1. Rita Jones. Deputy Chief Executive. Mudiad Meithrin. • 563 Cylchoedd meithrin. (sessional Welsh-medium early years care and education groups) ...

Sujets

• Natural language
• Dialect
• Ethnic group
• Regionalism
• Folklore

Informations

• Publié par: Voxpopuli
• Nombre de lectures: 138
• Langue: English

Extrait

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Rita Jones

Rita Jones

Deputy Chief Executive

Deputy Chief Executive

Mudiad Meithrin

Mudiad Meithrin

• 563 Cylchoedd meithrin

(sessional Welsh-medium early years care

and education groups)

• 478 Cylchoedd Ti a Fi

(parent/carer and toddler groups)

• 37

Day Nurseries

Welsh medium Early Years

Welsh medium Early Years

Provision

Provision

• Welsh Language Director

• Development Officers

• Ti a Fi (Parent/Toddler) Officers

• Language Officers

• Quality and Standard Officers

Language Support

Language Support

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The Welsh Language

The Welsh Language

• 2.9million

Population Wales

• 582,400

Welsh speakers

• 20.8%

(2001)

18.7%

(1991)

Percentage able to speak Welsh, 2001: all aged 3 and over

% Meithrin Children

% Meithrin Children

’s home language

s home language

(2009

(2009

-10 data)

10 data)

56%

22%

21%

1%

English

Mixed

Welsh

Other

12,404 children

Cylchoedd

Cylchoedd

Meithrin Staff

Meithrin Staff

(2009

(2009

-10 data)

10 data)

220

119

South East Wales

579

226

234

Leaders

893

TOTAL

365

South West Wales

308

North Wales

Assistants

Region

3

Cylch Meithrin Management

Cylch Meithrin Management

Chair/Responsible Person

Vice-Chair

Secretary

Treasurer

Co-opted

Members

Leader

Assistant

Management Structure

Parents are responsible for forming a cylch meithrin and are members of the Association.

The Association will elect a committee to take responsibility for the day to day activity

of the cylch meithrin and to co-opt others within the local community to assist with this work.

Support and Resources

Support and Resources

Support

• PAYE Service

• Mentoring and support for

settings preparing for quality

inspections

• Referral Schemes

• Annual Grants

• National support on personnel

matters

• Individual web-page

• Access to intranet

• Advertising job vacancies on

Mudiad Meithrin website

Resources

• Practical educational resources

• Health and Safety Guidelines

• Comprehensive Management

Guidelines for Committee Members

• Cylchoedd Meithrin Basic

Language Scheme

Cylch Meithrin Basic

Language

Introduce Pack

Assessment after 2 terms

Successful

Certificate

Further

assessment

after 1 term

Development

Officer to offer

support

Unsuccessful

Visit and

Support from

Language

Director

Unsuccessful

The Process

The Process

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Cylch Meithrin

Basic Language

Next Steps . . .

Next Steps . . .

• Pilot

• Evaluation

• Adaptation

• Wales wide implementation

Rita Jones

Rita Jones

Deputy Chief Executive

Deputy Chief Executive

Mudiad Meithrin

Mudiad Meithrin